Robert F. Smith, Chairman
Robert is the Chairman and CEO of Vista Equity Partners, the US-based technology investments firm he founded in 2000, which currently manages more than $100 billion in AUM. Vista is a market leader concentrating on software, data and technology-enabled organizations through private equity buyout, private debt and public strategies.
Robert is an award-winning businessman and philanthropist, chairing and serving on the boards of a number of distinguished human rights, educational and artistic organizations.
Robert earned a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Cornell University and holds an MBA from Columbia Business School.